Students should always be registered at the school they attend. If the students need to be moved up, the appropriate paperwork must be sent in to the BCSS office and the staff will manually move the student up.

Print this roster! The PDF roster from STARS is the official roster that is to be used at all games, tournaments, or matches. Print a copy of this after an edit is made to each team to ensure you have a copy of the roster should there be any discrepancies with the STARS system.

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Member schools who join together and have a combined "category" total of 11 or higher as found in the Membership Fees are eligible to compete in all competition in a BCSS actitivity (playoffs, zones and provinicals)

Member schools who join together and have a combined "category" total of 10 or lower in the Membership Fees are not eligible to compete in any post season competition beyond a local or Tier II championship in BCSS activiity.

It is possible for grade 7 students to play on a grade 8 team but only if the team would not be able to participate without these students, which means any teams with a minimum number of one are not eligible for grade 7's to compete in. There are some additional rules and condition to this and a grade 7 eligibility application will have to be filed.

Tiering is determined by member school population numbers from the previous year's grade 10, 11 and Secondary Ungraded numbers as submitted September 30th on the 1701 report to the ministry of education.

The Eligibility Appeals Committee (EAC) hears appeals from decisions of the Eligibility Officer.

Example:An Athletic Director (AD) submitted an Eligibility Application to the Eligibility Officer and it was not accepted. The AD can then choose to make an appeal, which will be heard by the EAC. The EAC will make the final and binding decision in regards to the atudent-athlete's eligibility.

There are two registration deadlines per season of play; Team Registration (registration of team and minimum numbers) and Roster Registration deadline.

Team Registration

In STARS, Athletic Directors need to create (register) teams in every sport that they are going to be participating in. Athletic Directors can create all the teams at the beginning of the year.

In STARS, Athletic Directors must add the minimum number of students required to field a team (minimum numbers can be found on page 32 of the BCSS Handbook)

We recommend registering all possible teams even if you are not sure if the school will field a team in that sport. This will help to avoid fines for missed/late teams and no fines are incurred for not fielding a team in a registered sport

Roster Registration Deadline

In STARS, Athletic Directors must add any remaining student-athletes to the team rosters by this date. If the minimum number has not already been met the roster will be locked, the Athletic Director will need to contact BCSS and fines will apply.

No, student-athletes can only play for the school they are registered in.

Example: School A had a Football team last season and they are not going to have one this season. Can a student-athlete play for School B while attending School A? No, student-athletes can only play for the member school in which they are registered. If the student would like to transfer to School B they are subject to all transfer rules.